Example sentences of "be use [prep] many [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norwegians are keen to train their dogs and Rottweilers are used for many purposes , from mountain rescue to drug detection . |
| 2 | Whilst some users prefer Pentland Dell , other varieties such as Maris Piper , Pentland Crown , Pentland Hawk , Pentland Squire and Wilja are used at many plants . |
| 3 | They are used in many applications from catering dishwashing machines , pressure jet cleaners ( qv ) mechanical bottle and tray washers to complex clean in place systems and pipeline cleaners . |
| 4 | The dried fruits of this plant are used in many parts of Africa in traditional obstetrics and folk medicine . |
| 5 | The tarot cards he uses are used in many parts of the world to play card games , where their association with ‘ fortune ’ refers more to luck than knowledge . |
| 6 | Verbal presenting skills are used in many situations such as formal speeches , reports to senior management , announcements , shareholders ' meetings , sales conferences , union negotiations and communications with various levels of employees . |
| 7 | Standard application forms are used by many companies . |
| 8 | Salt has been used for many centuries as a preservative , whereby it is left on food to withdraw the moisture present by the process of osmosis . |
| 9 | This had a separate entrance and had been used for many purposes — the storage of deeds by the Wilts and Dorset Bank , prior to this by Mr. Peru , a solicitor , but when I was a small boy it had been leased to The Haunch of Venison Inn as a wine store and bottling plant . |
| 10 | The publication of correspondence between famous people has been used for many years for the purposes of scholastic enquiry . |
| 11 | The ERNIE machine is a modern computerized form of sampling by ‘ random numbers ’ which has been used for many years in research . |
| 12 | G. affinis is a small ( 4.6 cm long ) , surface-feeding minnow which originated in the United States and has been used for many years in many parts of the world to control mosquito larvae . |
| 13 | It is possible to break out of the straight-jacket by applying an idea that had been used for many years in thinking about the psychology of classification and aesthetics ( McLlelland & Clark , 1933 ; Berlyne , 1960 ) . |
| 14 | It had been used for many years as a staff hostel for an Oxford Street department store . |
| 15 | The experience curve itself was developed from the concept of the learning curve , which had been used for many years in industries where it was observed that labour time fell as the workforce accumulated experience in producing more of a particular type of unit . |
| 16 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |
| 17 | They have been used for many years as propellants in aerosols , in the production of some foam packaging and as coolants in refrigerators . |
| 18 | It has been used for many years in traveller 's diarrhoea , as a colostomy deodoriser , and as an antispirochetal agent in syphilis . |
| 19 | These are in addition to applications in the detergents field , in which it has been used for many years . |
| 20 | Our system of construction has been used for many years all over this country , by the sponsoring authorities and others , and erm we do n't have the earthquake requirements , but we do need many high value schools both quickly and on time , and we 've completed something like 2,000 projects similar to this over many years . |
| 21 | Variants of it have been used in many situations . |
| 22 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |
| 23 | Bird-watching has been used by many researchers to study children 's behaviour . |
| 24 | It is wise to bear in mind that similar reasoning has been used by many others — so much so that much of our supposed ‘ knowledge ’ of the history of English phonology is filtered through this kind of reasoning . |
| 25 | Britain was actually given a lower standard check , on the basis that we would be using in many places our own coal , which has a quite a high sulphur content , or de-sulphurisation , we were given a lower standard , or a higher standard , or whatever it is , it was more relaxed for Britain , and that 's why I like the idea of taking this up with the M.E.D. , how it 'll happen , how it will square in his mind . |
| 26 | The particular colour which fiction casts over action in this type of story , in rearranging its components , is usually termed ‘ romantic ’ — a word , as I shall try to show , that can be used with many meanings . |
| 27 | ‘ Once Annie has come up with a tartan design it can be used on many products such as bags and logos , not just carpets and furnishings . |
| 28 | Skipping ropes are popular and can be used for many activities as well as skipping , jumping over and crawling under . |
| 29 | The potential is very high , since horticultural information could be used for many purposes , such as ecological and climatological monitoring , as well as mainstream horticulture . |
| 30 | The Elizabethan Book of Common Prayer continued to be used in many parishes throughout the Interregnum ; parents continued to choose godparents for their children , and mothers continued to be churched following childbirth . |